Vishwa Bharati Public School, Noida, organised ‘Harmonica-2017’- The World Earth Day Celebrations on 21st April 2017, in the school premises in association with Millennium India Education foundation under the aegis of Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India.

As ‘Harmonica’ stands for and showcases solidarity with environmental issues, the programmes were aimed at enhancing awareness among the student community. Participating teams from 21 schools in Noida and NCR region, contested in a myriad of competitions to show sensitivity and commitment in this global challenge.

The various Inter-School Competitions were based on the theme: Sustainable Earth.

‘Paper Capers – Craft work’ was opened to the students of class IV and V. The students basically folded and unfolded the paper to come up with a creative display that can hold. They were judged on originality, artistic beauty and relevance to the theme. ‘Song Of Earth—Group Song was organised for the students of classes VI – X. Students sang in such a manner that the songs actually become our anthems.

The third event was ‘Patterns of Universe – Making Mandala and was opened to the students of class IX – XII and their creative designs (mandalas) made a connection between our inner world and outer reality.

‘Wear Your attitude --- T-Shirt Painting was 4th event in which team of 2 students from the senior category classes IX – XII painted the plain white T-shirt (L size) provided by the host school. The hand painted T – Shirt were judged on originality, aesthetics and relevance to the theme. Each team put up a strong message to safe guard the environment.

Dr Manoj Patairiya, Director, CSIR-NISCAIR, Ministry Of Science & Technology, New Delhi, was the Chief guest of the occasion and in his address he actually led emphasis on the ways of conserving energy in our day to day life chores.

The Principal of the school Mrs. Rashmi Kakroo congratulated the teachers and student organizers and thanked the Guest and judges for sparing their valuable time for motivating the young learners.

Teams from Apeejay Noida, Bal Bharti Noida and host school (VBPS, Noida) bagged the first prize but the host school passed on the trophy to the next school ie. Lotus Valley International school, Noida. DPS Indirapuram, Khaitan Public school, Sahibabad, Gurukul – The school, Cambridge School, Noida, Assisi Convent school, Indus valley school Noida and teams from Apeejay Noida emerged the runners-up in all the categories.